Nx Sheet Metal Flat Pattern

Also some common modeling features such as sketch hole and patterns are used in this training.

Nx sheet metal flat pattern.

Creating fast accurate flat patterns is the goal of any organization that manufactures products which contain sheet metal parts. For drafting 2 flat solid. Click the flat pattern command. Export flat pattern flat patt.

It contains both a flattened solid currently suppressed and a 2d flat pattern. Your object will be flat but it will not show in screen but it will show in navigator. For solid just to check flat pattern in solid 3. The sheet metal training is developed for engineers who create linear sheet metal products.

And select the pattern geometry tool under pattern feature. Create a part what you want. Give a flange to that or give a bend. The flat pattern feature is an essential component needed for sheet metal manufacture and nx12 has seen some valuable new functions.

In the sheet metal application select the face on the sheet metal model to specify a reference face for flattening. All sheet metal features will be covered in this training. I am not able to view the flat pattern in nx sheet metal siw979 mechanical 6 nov 12 11 32 a quicker way to view the flat pattern is to expand the model views node at the top of your part navigator so you can see a list of all the default view and the flat pattern view and you can just double click to change between views you want to see. For example sheet metal flanges tabs contour flanges etc.

Attached is a sample part modeled in nx 6 0 based on your picture. Nx sheet metal provides a set of tools within the nx design environment that allows for simple and fast design of sheet metal parts dependent on their material and manufacturing process the most common of which is straight brake sheet metal forming. Activate the sheet metal application. You have a bent object now you should use flat pattern and select bent edges and then click ok.

The new flattening and forming command in nx 11 makes it easy. It is simple to put both flat or bend view in nx drawing. This is the second in a series of articles highlighting what s new. Nx12 has been a well received release from sheet metal users.

You can create a flatten unbended sheet metal view in the drafting. To create a flatten view in drafting.